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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Viola hederacea''
| image = Viola hedercea01.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Violaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Violet (plant)|Viola]]''
| species = '''''V. hederacea'''''
| binomial = ''Viola hederacea''
}}
'''''Viola hederacea''''', also known as the '''Australian violet''' is a species of [[Viola (plant)|violet]] which is native to [[Australia]]. It is common and widespread in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[Tasmania]], along the [[Great Dividing Range]] in [[New South Wales]] north at least to the [[Barrington Tops]] area, in the far south-east of [[South Australia]], and in a small area of the [[Adelaide Hills]] between [[Belair, South Australia|Belair]] and [[Mount Lofty]].
The [[flower]]s are usually rather pale and washed-out looking, the anterior petal (the one at the bottom of the flower when looking face on) is widest towards its apex, and the mature [[seed]]s are brown. Well-developed [[leaf|leaves]] of ''Viola hederacea'' are also distinctive – semicircular in outline, about as broad as long, and usually rather dark green above and paler beneath.
True ''Viola hederacea'' is infrequently grown in gardens. It is a less spectacular plant than the cultivated species (''[[Viola banksii]]''), with a more open, less robust habit and less striking flowers. Nevertheless, it’s easy to cultivate.
==References==
* {{cite journal|author=Thiele, K & Prober, S|year=[[2004]]|title=Shrinking Violets|journal=[[Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants|Australian Plants]]|volume=22|pages=259–266}}
* {{cite journal|author=Thiele, K & Prober, S|year=[[2003]]|title=New species and New Hybrid in the ''Viola hederacea'' species complex, with notes on ''Viola hederacea'' [[Jacques Labillardière|Labill.]]|journal=Muelleria|volume=18|pages=7–26}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Viola hederacea''
| image = Viola hedercea01.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Violaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Violet (plant)|Viola]]''
| species = '''''V. hederacea'''''
| binomial = ''Viola hederacea''
}}
'''''Viola hederacea''''', also known as the '''Australian violet''' is a species of [[Viola (plant)|violet]] which is native to [[Australia]]. It is common and widespread in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[Tasmania]], along the [[Great Dividing Range]] in [[New South Wales]] north at least to the [[Barrington Tops]] area, in the far south-east of [[South Australia]], and in a small area of the [[Adelaide Hills]] between [[Belair, South Australia|Belair]] and [[Mount Lofty]].
The [[flower]]s are usually rather pale and washed-out looking, the anterior petal (the one at the bottom of the flower when looking face on) is widest towards its apex, and the mature [[seed]]s are brown. Well-developed [[leaf|leaves]] of ''Viola hederacea'' are also distinctive – semicircular in outline, about as broad as long, and usually rather dark green above and paler beneath.
True ''Viola hederacea'' is infrequently grown in gardens. It is a less spectacular plant than the cultivated species (''[[Viola banksii]]''), with a more open, less robust habit and less striking flowers. Nevertheless, it’s easy to cultivate.
==References==
* {{cite journal|author=Thiele, K & Prober, S|year=[[2004]]|title=Shrinking Violets|journal=[[Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants|Australian Plants]]|volume=22|pages=259–266}}
* {{cite journal|author=Thiele, K & Prober, S|year=[[2003]]|title=New species and New Hybrid in the ''Viola hederacea'' species complex, with notes on ''Viola hederacea'' [[Jacques Labillardière|Labill.]]|journal=Muelleria|volume=18|pages=7–26}}